>> this is abc 7 breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. the eggs alexandria commonwealth's attorney tells abc 7 the person originally arrested for burglary will likely face murder charges. marie johnson was taken into

custody yesterday after she broke into the home of elmer roehrs. he was found dead on holly drive wednesday night. now the commonwealth's attorney says she's likely to be charged in his death. johnson is being held without bond. no word on whether charges might be filed. the carnival triumph is being towed away for repairs. thousands of people are back on dry land, free from the nightmare crews. passengers and crew unloaded overnight in mobile, alabama. this is a trip no one on board will soon forget. >> thousands of passengers, a trip that was anything but a vacation is finally over. it pulled into an alabama portal last night. >> we were so ready to be off the boat park. starter buses arrived in galveston texas this morning greta kreuz left from eight days ago. other passengers took a charter bus tto a hotel in orleans for

a hot shower. the power was out for days after a fire. the conditions are not something they will easily forget. >> in the dining room, all the drainage was coming from the refrigerators and freezers that got melted. the boat was tilting to one side and it was mushy and there was a horrible smell. >> the c e zero the company personally apologized. >> i know it was very difficult and i want to apologize again for subject and our guests do that. >> some say they would be happy to hear the high seas again. >> it's fun and that the crew members were awesome. others say they may consider legal action against the company. >> that is a direction of our family is willing to talk about. >> carnival is offering --

[inaudible] >> that was brianne carter. coming up, i will talk with david muir about the carnival and another high-profile cruise ship disaster as well. now to the weather. a gorgeous day outside, but some changes later today. adam caskey? >> beautiful conditions so far this friday. later this evening into the nighttime, areas of cold rain across the washington area. that will mix with a little light snow as well. it will not amount to much. then another chance of snowfall into tomorrow. first, a beautiful look at frederick. 51 degrees with a west southwesterly breeze at 5. a mixture of sun and clouds in frederick, clouds increasing. in reston, 52. 57 la plata. germantown 53. warming up nicely.

topping out this afternoon in the mid-50s in the metro. your travel forecast, in chicago, 28 and cold. denver, 34 degrees. partly cloudy with sunshine in the southwest. a little rain and snow in kentucky and west virginia already. we will keep an eye on that. it's moving our way. a coastal storm on saturday. >> the d.c. council is taking a closer look at how the d.c. police handle sexual assault cases. council members discussed a report that said several assault the victims are not getting the response they deserve from the police department. there have been several sexual assaults in northeast since august. the council is considering funding requests to hire more police officers. also, the d.c. taxicab commission held a hearing to discuss a proposed 50 cents surcharge. the commission wants to charge all tax to customers whether

they paid cash or with a credit card. taxi drivers are against the idea because they don't think customers should pay a fee that goes directly to the taxi commission when it's already funded by the city. on capitol hill, lawmakers getting ready for a weeklong recess without having confirmed the new secretary of defense. chuck hagel fell short of 60 votes he needed to break this filibuster on his nomination. only four republican supported him. >> it's unprecedented, this filibuster. never in the history of our country. >> republicans argue they need more time to investigate chuck hagel. democrats say the gop is dragging its feet and only stalling for time to find ways to bring her aagel down. president obama spent a morning meeting with italy's president

at the white house. he will leave for chicago in a short while where he will push for its proposals he made in his state of the union. later this afternoon he's headed to georgia, for a weekend getaway with friends -- headed to florida. a shocking valentine's day murder case. a south african olympic sprinter appeared in court this morning. the double amputee known as the blade runner wept openly in court after being charged with premeditated murder in the death of. his of he shot and killed his girlfriend, a 30-year-old model, reeva steenkamp. it's not clear what led to the shooting. >> we will all know the true story. let's not forget what reva stood for. >> police have received calls on domestic issues and is home previously.

could face life in prison if sentenced. funeral services have been set for university of maryland student killed in a murder- suicide. the funeral will be held tomorrow in pennsylvania for stephan rane. the other a student is recovering. l.a. police have positively identified the remains found inside a cabin in southern california. it was gunman christopher dorner . the former lapd officer killed four people during a nine day rampage which had police officers and their families on edge. the manhunt ended tuesday if after police traded gunfire with the suspect. it is a story that seems to have everyone talking today. hundreds of people injured in russia after meteorites slammed into a city in the mountains. this comes on the same day as an asteroid barely mrs. the earth.

john gonzalez has more. -- barely misses the earth. >> and amazing. >> it is apocalyptic. >> the air blast shattered glass from several buildings, leaving hundreds injured. >> meteorites fall regularly. dozens of them recorded every year. >> it occurred in russia. >> [unintelligible] >> that was only the first act. 150 ft asteroid is headed toward the earth -- or very close any way. >> never before in human history have we seen an object of this size come this close to the earth's surface. >> the moon is 200,000 miles from earth.

the asteroid will come as close as 17,000 miles. that's even closer than communications satellites. >> it will be my first time to see one. >> you better have a good set of binoculars or telescope around 2:00 or so this afternoon. and you'll have to be in australia or eastern europe. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> great television fiction on the hit show scandal, but it is based on plenty of fact. we will have a look at some real-life scandal that made history in d.c. the capitals fresh off their third victory in a row. every special visit to special fans. so cute. we got to spend a morning with these little puppies. that's next. a live look outside with sunshine. enjoy it while you can.

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>> you are watching abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. with scott thuman and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> it's a very special day for patients at the children's national medical center in northwest washington. several capitals players and their wives and girlfriends and slapshot stopping by for visit this afternoon. they're making the visit fresh off their victory last night in tampa, their third straight in a row. today's visit to the hospital the group will join patients' for an arts and craft project,

happening in the hospital atrium. before we turn to the weather we had quite a morning. you were very entertaining out there, adam caskey. it was a blast with the puppies in a upper montgomery county really making a difference. here we go. they are trained to help military veterans. >> scott thuman is there for the ground-breaking now. it's about the what puppies do. >> it is the puppy in richmond center for the war your cade knight connection. you can go to their web site for more. what they do is they bring in veterans with ptsd and those veterans train the puppies who go on to help other veterans. they really make a difference. i was hearing first hand from a staff sergeant in the army. told me how they made a huge difference in his life. he went from two hours of

sleep per night to five hours. he's very involved. they started in 2008 and they are really expanding the program >> . so precious. this is a great day to take the dog out, too. it's beautiful. >> they have a live puppy cam that's popular. they all have weather names because they were born around hurricane sandy. we had a lovely morning earl ier in brazil, maryland. mostly sunny with a few patches of clouds in aldie, virginia. a beautiful day with sunshine. 52 degrees at reagan national. the wind out of the south and 27 miles an hour -- only 7 miles an hour. above-average because that's the one direction. 61 degrees in culpeper.

60 in fredericksburg. 47 along the water in quantico, 49 in lexington park, 52 at reagan national, 48 in hagerstown. wide-ranging temperatures that we are used to. the clouds are not far off in west virginia and western maryland. the leading edge of the precipitation moving into west virginia, and kentucky and tennessee. the risk is not much precipitation we are looking at for this evening and tonight's. once it moves in, temperatures will drop a little with the cold front. that should change some of it over to snow. at least a light wintry mix around the beltway around midnight. a weak area of low pressure causing precipitation. overall, we may get a quarter inch of rain. backed by 2:00 a.m. then a light coating of snow

along the mason-dixon line and some locations far northwest of washington by early tomorrow morning. the big thing with the cold front, much colder air moving into town for the weekend. highs in the 30's. if areas of grain around 8:00 p.m., starting around 6:00 or 7:00 in the beltway. by midnight, the wintry mix shown in purple, brown the district, little to no accumulation for the vast majority of our area. a coastal storm will developed far off the mid-atlantic coast line in the ocean. that could bring us a few snow showers on saturday. futurecast is picking up on that. we could see a few snowflakes on saturday, amounting to a light coating. minimal amounts. long the mason-dixon line is where we could have an inch or two by the end of saturday or sunday morning from the coastal storm. that's a possibility. one out of 10 for the snow

excitement factor. 50 with rain at 6:00 p.m. 45 light rain or a mix it 9:00 p.m. and we could see that mix around the beltway by midnight. little to no accumulation. the roads should be only wet and okay for travel. a light coating possible again on saturday. not looking at any more than that. on sunday, mid 30's and gusty. it will feel like the 20's all afternoon on sunday. >> all right. it will not last. we have a fascinating tales that seemed to be ripped from the pages of history. coming up, an inside look at some of d.c.'s most captivating scandals from an enraged lover driven to murder to as drug politician. -- drunk politician. >> get ready for the newest food crates about to hit the metro area, designer donuts. these are not your father's

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>> the crew ships from captured the nation's attention. joining me to talk about this is david muir. thousands of people on board will not forget this anytime soon. >> particularly for those people who thought they would be on the vacation of a lifetime. you'll hear from a couple tonight who were celebrating their honeymoon. rob and stephanie. so many others. a revealing look at what it was like for several days aboard the ship. there were signs when they

finally docked "sweet home alabama," if you are headed on to approve and there are so many americans who do every year, asked who the doctors on the ship and case of emergency. elizabeth vargas is looking into that tonight. >> its acc has been about a year since the costa concordia disaster. you will look back on how that unfolded. >> we are. and we have incredible pictures from under the water. there were lives lost in that one. this was a major inconvenience this time. we will look at both cases tonight and how to make sure your family is safe and that you have a good time even in the case of when something goes terribly wrong as it did in this case. it's a lot of people are concerned about taking a cruise

in the near future. thanks for joining us. we will see you tonight. if you walked scandal last night, the subject matter is often an art imitating life. although it's not maybe all fiction. scott thuman took a trip through thre scane glenn beck taken place in a stone's throw from the city. >> a lot. >> our first scandal in the 1800's. a u.s. representative out of town a lot. >> his wife teresa puts a white handkerchief on the second-floor railing. her lover and across the square, fillipo, the son of francis scott key, he would see the white handkerchief and would raise his own white handkerchief and that would be their signal to meet. >> when her husband learned of

the affair, he told his wife to send a signal again and then key showed up instead. >> he said, is council, you betrayed my house, now prepared to die. snooki shoots and kills him in lafayette park confesses an aside, leading a temporary insanity, a first. he is seen as a hero by some. >> he is, because his marriage was violated. >> most people think of when abraham lincoln was killed at, that it was a great loss for the country, but they don't think about the other characters involved. >> and there was the man seated next to the president that night at the theater and unable to stop john wilkes booth. the egg yolks underwhelms him. -- the guilt the overwhelms him. >> he becomes insane and spends

20 years in an asylum. >> of the third scandal, the russian leader is visiting president clinton >> . he spent the night drinking vodka. he gets angry at 6:00 in the morning and is missing for an hour or so. they find him and he's not wearing a suit or anything, just his underwear. >> all right. we have some visuals for you. we want to thank the people at the scene what abou -- walkabout tours.

" we have taken a delicate those adorable puppies. craig peyer 9 -- >> the warriors canine connection. you can go to their web site for the cam. scott thuman was there for the eribbon cutting of the eight enrichment center. most of them wore yellow labs that we saw this morning. most of those puppies were born during hurricane sandy and all have weather-related names. they're making a huge difference for veterans. this weekend, 35 degrees for the high temperature by sunday and

gusty with a few snow flurries. not much to stimulation this weekend. >> we will keep o